Sectional-unit building structure.



A. C. WENDELKEN. SECTIONAL UNIT BUILDING STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 5, I911- Patented Aug 28, 191?.

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A. C. WENDELKEN. SECTIONAL UNIT BUILDING STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 51' 1917.

Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

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SECTIONAL UNIT BUILDING STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION men m1. 5. I917.

Patented Aug. 28, 19W.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- ALBERT C. WENDELKEN, OF MARIETTA, OHIO.

SECTIONAL-UNIT BUILDING- STRUCTURE.

invention relates to building structures, having particular reference to structural elements for the construction of windowed walls, and is in the nature of an improvement on my copending application, Serial No. 34,887, filed June 18, 1915.

The object of my invention is to provide a unitary, self-contained, windowed wall section, to be manufactured, sold and used as a structural element for use mainly in the construction of sleeping porches and particularly adapted for use as a filler between the roof and flooring of existing porches to afford privacy and shelter without the sacrilies of light and air.

Other objects of my invention reside in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein illustrated and described I and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a structural element constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same looking in the direction indicated by the arrow on .Fi 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 with the sash weights removed.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary horizontal section on the line 4.-4= of Fig. 2 showing arrangement of weather boards and side stanchion.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectron taken transversely of the window sill with the pocket cover closed.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6. I

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary inside view showing two sections joined with a common inner facing board and forming a continuous wall.

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8 with the sash removed.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2%, WW.

Application filed April 5, 1917. Serial no. mamas.

structure therein shown consists of the two vertical end stanchions 1 and 2 supporting the outer sill beam 3 having a tongue 4 extending upwardly along its upper inner edge. This outer beam 3 extends the width of the finished unit and is grooved or recessed near the ends as at 5, Fig. 3, to receive the edges of the pulley stiles 6 and 7 which rest on separate short footboards 8 and 9 and extend upwardly to separate short headboards 10 and 11, respectively. The head and foot boards 8, 9, etc, are each grooved on their inside faces to space and hold the sash weight guide strips 12, omitted from Fig. 1 for the sake of clearness, the headboards extendingtoward the center of the window substantially the depth of the sash weight pocket, while the footboards are extended some distance inwardly. Extend ingupwardly from each end of the outer sillbeam 3 are outer side-facing boards 13 and 14 whose upper ends join the outer edges of the headboards 10 and'll. respectively. Each of the outer facing boards such as 14:, Figs. 2 and 3, extend in width from the outer edge of the pulley stile 7 to the side edge of the complete structure flushwith the end of the sill beam 3. On the inner or room side of the structure a Wall of wainscoting 15 extends across the width thereof and is reinforced across the bottom and top by the base board 16 and an inside sill apron 17, the bottom portion of the wainscoting being joined at the ends to the footboards 8 and 9, which boards, as above stated, are extended some distance inwardly along the bottom of the structure to afford an extended joint;

Mounted upon and joined to the upper flush edges of the wainscoting 15 and sill apron 17 is an inside sill beam 18 extending the entire width of the structure with one edge projecting on the inner or room side and the other edge lying flush with the back surface of the wainscoting 15.

Extending upwardly from near the ends of the sill beam 18, are a pair of inner sidefacing members 19 and 20 whose upper ends are joined to the inside edges of the head boards 10 and 11 respectively. A sofiit board 21 extends across the top of the structure with its ends resting upon and joined to theheadboards 10 and 11 and is of the same width as the headboards. 1nner' and outer upper facing boards 22 and 23 also extend across the structure the entire width thereof with their lower edges flush with the lower surface of the soflit board, resting at their ends on the top ends of the inner and outer side facings such as 14 and 20, as indicated in Fig. 2, and joining near their lower edges with the edges of the soflit board 21. The boxing thus formed by the members 21, 22 and 23 is closed at each end by boards 24 and 25, Figs. 1 and 2. j

A facing for the space between the stanchions 1' and 2 is made of weather boarding 26 which extends between the stanchions with the ends secured thereto within angular recesses or rabbets as 27, Figs. 4 and .5. Further bracing of the weather boards is afforded by suitable battens, such as indicated at 28 in Fig. 4, joined to the back of the weather boarding at in tervals between the stanchions 1 and 2.

It will be seen that the wainscoting 15,

weather board facing 27, and the lower portion of the pulley stiles 6 and 7 form a casing or pocket 29 (Figs. 6 and 7 below the sill beams, and that the portions of the wainscoting and weather boarding extending beyond the pulley stiles to the side lim- [its of the structure together with the side facings such as 14 and 20, form a sash weight pocket as indicated at 30, Figs. 2 and 3.

A number of sashes 31, 32, 33 and 34 are mounted to slide between the pulley stiles the entire length thereof, guided by the spacing members 35 mounted on the inner or adjacent faces oflthe pulley stiles and hung on the weightcords 36 which pass through the stiles over pulleys 37 and connect, in the sash weight pockets, to the sash weights 38. Weather strips or spacing members 39 are also provided at the top mounted upon the lower surface of the soflit 21 and form, in effect, continuations of the spacing members 35. The sashes 31 to 34 are so proportioned in relation to the window opening and the sash pocket 29, Figs. 3 and 6, that each sash when up will cover substantially half the area of the window opening and when all the way down will fit entirely within the sash pocket and below the sill beams 3 and '18. Thus any one sash copending application Serial No. 144,686,

filed January 26, 1917. A'cover 40 for the sash pocket 29, extends the width of the window opening between the inner and outer sill beams and is hinged to the inner sill beam at 41 and rests near its outside edge upon the tongue 4 of the sill beam 3. This tongue is provided with a metal sheathing 42 having an upwardly extending ridge 43 which, when the cover is closed down as shown in Fig. 6, nests in a groove 44 in the cover, making a weather tight joint. In order to weather proof the junction between the cover 40 and the pulley stiles, a pair of shields 45 are provided slidably mounted upon the top surface of the cover 40 one at each end and arranged to be slid into the rooves 46 in the pulley stiles.- As these s ields 45 are identical 1n structure, an illustration of one and its associated pulley stile, as provided by Figs. 6 and 7, will suffice. The shield 45 consists of a metal plate covering the upper surface of the cover 40 near one end, formed to the contour thereof andextending from the hinge at the inner edge to the outer edge where it is extended downwardly at 47 to form a water shed. The shield is slidably held on the cover by means of the headed screws 48 whose shanks pass downwardly into the body of the cover through slots 49, the shanks and slots acting to guide the shield in a straight line movement and the engagement of the screw heads with the sides of the slots acting to hold the shield down upon the cover. The groove 46 extends across the inner faceof pulley stile 6 following the line of the end of the shield so that when the cover 40 is closed, the outer end of the shield may be slid into the groove to bridge the space between the junction of the cover and pulley stile and thus provide a weather tight joint and at the same time act as a lock or bolt for the cover; To facilitate operation of the shields and cover, a suitable handle 50 isprovided, mounted on each shield.

' In assembling the units, they may be simply abutted with the free edges of the facing boards 13-19 of one unitjoining the free edges of the facing boards 1420 of the other unit, or the juxtaposed sides may be provided with a common outer and inner facing board as shown at 60 and 61, respectively, in Figs-8 and 9, the assembled units, in either case, forming a continuous windowed wall.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. windowed'wall structure comprising a palr of side stanchions spaced apart, an outer sill beam resting upon said stanchions, a partition of weather-boarding extending between said stanchions and joined thereto, a pa r of outer window frame facing boards vertically disposed with their lower ends resting upon the ends of the outer sill beam, an inner partition, footboards connecting the lower end portions of said partitions with the sald slde stanchions, an inner sill beam extending along the upper edge of Ill asagna said inner partition and said top reinforcement and supported thereon, a pair of inner window frame facing boards disposed vertically with their lower ends resting upon the inner sill beam near the ends thereof, pulley stiles extending upwardly from said footboards between the inner and outer facing boards with the opposite edges oining with an edge of the facing boards to form a sash weight pocket, a soflit board extending between the top ends of said pulley stiles, said soffit board, pulley stiles and sill beams defining the window opening, inner and outer facing boards joined at their lower ed es to the inner and outer edges of said so t board, end members connecting the said inner and outer facing boards at opposite ends, a plurality of sashes slidably mounted between said pulley stiles, said sashes being so proportioned that when moved into the lowermost position between the pulley'stiles, they will pass entirely below said sill beams and will each cover substantially'one-half of the window opening when moved upwardly therein.

2. A continuous wall comprising a plurality of windowed wall sections each having inner and outer wall members spaced apart, foot boards connecting saidmembers in spaced relation, a pair of pulley stiles for each section mounted upon said foot boards between said inner and outer wall members extending thereabove to form the sides of a window frame, the said inner and outer wall members together with the lower portions of said pulley stiles forming a casing or pocket below the opening in each window frame, a soflit board extending between the top ends of each pair of pulley stiles, inner and outer facing boards connected to the adjacent pulley stiles of a pair of said sections to form a sash weight box common to the connected pair of sections, and a plurality of sashes slidably mounted in each window opening between the pulley stiles and arranged to be moved up into the openings or down into the pockets and wholly inclosed therein.

v3. In combination with a movable cover sill for sash pockets, a combined locking and weather stripping means comprising a metal shield extending from the inner edge to and below the outer edge of the upper surface of the cover sill and extensible laterally into the side of the window frame beyond the plane of juncture between said sill and said side.

4. In a window structure, a frame, a plurality of sashes in said frame, a pocket for said sashes, and a weather-proof cover for said pocket comprising a vertically swinging laterally extensible sill member arranged to be swung vertically into overlapping engagement with the outside edge of said pocket opening and to be extended laterally into overlapping engagement with the side walls of said ocket, said sill member having its upper surface stepped to receive the bottom of said sashes in overlapping engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

ALBERT C. WENDELKEN.

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